Serikali imeunda timu ya watu sita kusimamia ujenzi wa Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere (Terminal 3) kutokana na kusuasua na kumsimamisha kazi msimamizi wake.
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Ziara ya JPM yamng’oa msimamizi
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Majaliwa kumuagiza CAG kukagua makusanyo ATCL
Waziri Mkuu, Kassim Majaliwa amesema atamuagiza Mdhibiti na Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu za Serikali (CAG), kuchunguza ukusanyaji wa mapato ya Shirika la Ndege la Tanzania (ATCL).
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Chuo Kikuu Aga Khan chamkuna Naibu Gavana
Naibu Gavana wa Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (BoT), Lila Mkila amekipongeza Chuo Kikuu cha Aga Khan (Aku) kwa jitihada zake za kuwanoa wataalamu wa afya nchini.
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Shehena ya mbao yanaswa Mwanza
Wakala wa Mistu nchini (TFS) mkoani hapa imekamata mbao 995 zenye thamani ya Sh15 milioni zilizokuwa zinamilikiwa kinyume na sheria ya misitu namba 14 ya mwaka 2002.
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Tanzania yapanga kuitisha fidia kutoka Ujerumani
Waziri wa ulinzi nchini Tanzania Hussein Mwinyi, ameiambia redio ya Ujerumani ya Deutsche Welle kuwa ana mipango ya kuishinikiza serikali ya Ujerumani kulipia dhuluma zilifanyika wakati wa utawala wa ukoloni.
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Political unrest simmering in Ethiopia
Four months after declaring a state of emergency in a crackdown on protests, Ethiopia's government claims the country has returned to normal. Critics says the emergency decree remains an instrument of repression.
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Total confident despite volatile oil prices
French oil major Total said yesterday it planned to increase its dividend to shareholders as it expressed confidence earnings could withstand the current volatility in oil prices.
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14 potato varieties offered for testing
Holland has offered 14 high yielding Irish round potato seed varieties to Tanzania for testing to increase crop production per hectare.
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German child detectives draw elaborate map to help police solve crime
Two young boys equipped with just felt-tip pens and a sheet paper helped police solve a case of property damage after a driver left the scene of the crime. Police followed their description to find the perpetrator.
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Detained Islamic State Fighter Offers Glimpse into Violent World
Islamic State militants usually speak to the media through their propaganda machine against a backdrop of bombs, mortars and sniper fire. To better understand what is happening in IS-controlled territories, VOA visits a detention center in Kirkuk, Iraq, to meet a self-described former IS fighter. Here is what happened:
The door abruptly swings open, and we are surprised to see two soldiers burst in, the prisoner Mithaq in tow.
Mithaq’s wrists are handcuffed in front of him and a black knit cap is pulled over his eyes and nose. I had imagined we would see him in a cell, and not dressed as he is - in a black and red Adidas track suit.
He slumps on a couch, bowing his head and the soldiers slip out of the door, leaving only Colonel Fattah at his desk to guard the prisoner.
Mithaq’s fate has not yet been decided and Fattah later explains the sentencing process for captured IS members.
If he is found guilty of being a member, he will be imprisoned for 15 years. If he is found guilty of a specific crime, like one of the countless amputations, beheadings and stonings IS members have committed against civilians, he could be executed.
Mithaq shakes visibly.
Our interview with Mithaq will not affect his case if he confesses nothing more to us than what he has already told security forces, but his position greatly affects the way he tells his story to us. He confesses to being an IS fighter and taking part in military operations, as he has already told authorities. But he maintains he has committed no crimes against civilians and calls IS violence “criminal.”
We have no reason to believe what he says is false, but we know it is the only thing he can say without further incriminating himself, so we don’t focus on these issues.
Joining IS
When IS swept into Hawija in 2104, the group promised to provide services for civilians in the name of Islam. After years of deadly protests in Hawija against the Shi'ite led government in Baghdad, the group's arrival in the Sunni-dominated region was, to some, a relief.
“I liked them so I asked to join,” he says quietly when our translator asks why he took up with them. “I thought they were really an Islamic Caliphate.”
“What about it did you like?” I ask.
“They said they love Islam,” he explains, and the colonel interrupts.
“The militants tell these guys they can win their rights and serve God if they join,” Col. Fattah says. “That’s how they get them.”
“But then I found they are using religion in a wrong way,” Mithaq adds later. “They've killed so many people. When I was with them fighting I saw so many things that are not in Islam: killing men, women and children; chopping off people’s hands.”
Before joining IS, he goes on to say, he was a farmer, living relatively comfortably with his wife and two small children, one a newborn at the time. As an IS soldier, participating in military assaults - some failed and some successful - as well as manning checkpoints, he was paid 250,000 Iraqi dinars a month, a little over $200.
Later I ask our Iraqi translator if he believes Mithaq would abandon a successful farm for that small a salary. In many areas formerly controlled by IS, locals say IS finds poor, uneducated youth, and seduces them with money and promises of virgins in paradise. Mithaq was about 30 years old when he joined.
“He really believed he was serving God above himself at the time,” says the translator, apparently convinced this part of his story is true.
When it all changed
“My family was not upset when I joined,” Mithaq says when asked if his family was concerned. “The situation was good when they first came. But after a few months when our militants started to kill people, to punish them, to whip them and cut off their heads, people didn’t like us.”
Mithaq’s story is consistent with the accounts of scores of civilians we have talked to who say for the most part, IS militants were either kind or neutral to the people in the first months of their rule, and then suddenly began imposing draconian rules and gruesome punishments.
“Why did suddenly it change?” asks another reporter in the room.
“I don’t know. I wasn’t an emir (leader),” Mithaq says, appearing to consider the question. “Really I don’t know. The emir gave the orders and told us what were the new rules.”
In Mithaq’s town, Hawija, still an IS-stronghold some 100 kilometers from Mosul, the rules were similar to rules in other IS territories. If you stole, your hand would be chopped off. If you tried to run away you would be arrested. If you communicated with anyone on “the other side” like the Iraqi Army or Kurdish Peshmerga forces, death was certain, and often public.
“It was the cutting of the hands that originally changed my mind about the group,” Mithaq says. “But if I tried to flee, they would chop off my head or put a bullet in it.”
Life as a militant
Mithaq says he mostly socialized with other Iraqi IS militants during his time with the group, speaking mostly of jihad, Islam and fighting. Other topics of conversation were generally forbidden.
“I lived in my house with my family,” Mithaq says, appearing to be more comfortable with this topic than the question of his guilt, or IS crimes, though it's hard to tell; the cap remains pulled down over half his face. “For the first six months they provided us with good food and services. I would just go to work and come home. If they needed me to fight, I would sleep at the base.”
Foreign militants were around, he says, but they were a separate, more elite group of fighters. They were called “Inghamassi,” which means they would die before they would surrender. Foreign fighters were also known for being stricter with the people and having more battle experience and communications training.
Local recruits like Mithaq were trained in Mosul. For about a month, he spent his days alternating between 30 minute lectures on IS’s interpretation of Islam and three-hour military training sessions.
“Did you believe in their philosophy 100 percent?” our translator asks in Arabic.
Mithak seems confused. He has already denounced violence, as most prisoners would. The translator repeats the question, and I interrupt. In IS-held territories, women are required to wear full-face veils, men are required to wear beards and shortened pants and smoking is forbidden.
“He’s against violence, we get that,” I say. “But does he believe women should be wearing niqabs (veils) and men should be wearing beards and nobody should smoke?”
Again Mithak pauses, apparently unsure what is the best answer.
“These things are not violent,” I add.
“This is true,” he says after hearing the translation. “In my opinion, women should be veiled but beards are optional. Cigarettes are sinful. Long trousers are more modern and attractive than the shortened pants.”
The translator repeats the question again in different ways, and his opinions shift.
“I prefer shortened pants because they are Islamic,” he says. “And according to Islam we should have long beards and long hair.”
The beardless Col. Fattah laughs out loud. “We are Muslims too,” he says, lighting a cigarette.
Leaving IS
Mithaq was arrested four or five months ago, says the colonel, after being identified as a militant among fleeing civilians from a list of names.
“I came here to Kirkuk because I was fleeing Daesh,” Mithaq says, using the pejorative and widely used term for IS in the Middle East. Only IS militants and civilians under their rule call the group “Dawla Islamiya” - Islamic State.
Mithaq would certainly have been risking his life to leave Hawije; whether he was fleeing because he was truly appalled by IS violence is for a court to decide.
Mithaq says a combination of factors made him run.
“There was no food left and they were criminals,” he says. “People were running away and there were only a few militants left. Our emirs had all fled.” He goes on to describe the emirs as hypocritical, secretly smoking and sleeping with unmarried women.
“Where did the emirs go?” asks a journalist.
“We couldn’t ask emirs where they were going,” Mithaq says. “It’s not allowed.”
Soldiers wander into the room and we are told to wrap up the interview. Among the many questions left unasked: where is his family now? I manage to throw in one question about his education. Civilians fleeing IS often say militants are uneducated and ignorant. Mithaq 's education ended in primary school, he says, seemingly fulfilling that stereotype.
But he also seems offended by the question.
“It’s not lack of education that made me join,” he says. “They have doctors and other educated people working with them.”
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Google Chromebooks on Rise
The Google Chromebook, a type of stripped-down laptop, isn't a practical mobile device for many people - mostly because it basically turns into an expensive paperweight whenever it can't find a Wi-Fi connection.
Yet Chromebooks have defied expectations and made major inroads in an unexpected environment - U.S. schools.
In retrospect, that shouldn't be too surprising. Chromebooks are cheap and easy to manage, making them popular with budget-constrained schools with limited tech-support staff. And Wi-Fi is now common enough in U.S. schools and homes to make an internet-dependent device practical for students.
Google doesn't want to stop there. It's releasing new models in partnership with Samsung that are designed to appeal to a broader range of consumers. They have several tablet-like features, including a stylus, touch controls and a 360-degree hinge that allows you to turn the screen faceup. One starts selling Sunday for $449; a more powerful version comes out in April for $100 more.
Google and its manufacturing partners are trying to shed the Chromebook's perception as underperforming budget devices. But even with premium models, expanding beyond U.S. schools won't be easy.
Chromebooks get schooled
For personal computers and tablets, Chromebook's share of the U.S. education market was 49 percent last year, up from 40 percent in 2015 and 9 percent in 2013, according to IDC figures released this week.
But education accounts for just 14 percent of the 110 million devices shipped in the U.S. last year - and Chromebooks make up just 9 percent of that broader total. Their numbers are also low abroad, even in schools.
The Chromebook's popularity in U.S. education is also largely limited to grades K-12, analysts say. Macs and Windows laptops are still dominant on college campuses.
Rough start
Chromebooks use a lightweight operating system designed to get people online faster, without having to wait around for the computer to start up. Much of the heavy lifting on Chromebooks gets done on Google's remote servers, so Chromebooks themselves don't need fast chips or lots of storage.
Early on, though, that made Chromebooks seem cheap and underpowered, which “soured consumer expectations right off the bat,” IDC analyst Linn Huang said.
Online storage for photos and documents online was much less common in 2011 when Chromebooks launched, so their limited local storage was initially unappealing. And the few apps available for Chromebooks didn't work offline, at least at the time.
Differing needs
But what constrains consumers can actually be liberating in education. Most kids don't need laptops on the bus or other locations where they can't connect to Wi-Fi. And they don't miss business software like Microsoft Office; Google's online apps for documents and spreadsheets do just fine for homework.
“What surprised us was how quickly it took off in education,” said Kan Liu, who oversees Chromebooks at Google.
Apple's iPad was hot at the time, but Google sold the Chromebook on convenience. They're easier for classrooms to share; just sign in with a Google account, and a student's apps and documents instantly appear. Teachers also have online tools to lock down what apps and sites students can use.
And with models available for less than $200, schools can get a few Chromebooks for the price of an iPad or a rival laptop.
“It allows us to put more devices in students' hands,” said Aaron Slutsky, chief technology officer for McDowell County Schools in North Carolina.
Far from universal
But Chromebook's success story in schools is largely an American one, and it's likely to stay that way. Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa notes that Chromebooks are useless in China because the device depends on Google services that aren't available there. And in emerging countries, where a budget laptop would be ideal, she said internet access isn't reliable enough.
Even in the U.S., the iPad is better for many creative tasks such as recording and editing movies. Students studying engineering, robotics and graphics won't be able to use Chromebooks to run the kind of specialized software that's available for Macs and Windows laptops.
“But that's not needed for 98 percent of our students,” said Tracy Dabbs, coordinator of technology and innovation at the Burlington-Edison School District near Seattle.
Many school districts limit Apple and Windows computers for the students who specifically need them, then provide Chromebooks for the rest. McDowell County, for instance, has 5,500 Chromebooks, 1,200 iPads - and only 100 Macs and 200 Windows PCs.
Rivals stage comeback
Last year, Apple gave iPads in schools some Chromebook-like features unavailable to the general public. That includes ways to let multiple people use a single tablet and management tools for tech-support staff. A new Classroom app lets teachers control what apps students run and track their progress.
Apple also provides classroom tools for teachers and students. Free e-books offer teachers step-by-step guides on using iPad apps and curriculum suggestions for everyday subjects. A separate app lets kids learn programming using the same language developers use to build iPad apps.
Meanwhile, Microsoft announced last month new online apps and management tools for schools, along with Windows PCs priced similarly to Chromebooks.
Beyond schools
Huang said some businesses are giving Chromebooks a second look, especially in retail, banking and other settings where people share computers.
But in many offices, the lack of business software such as Office is a major hurdle. Google's alternative lacks many advanced capabilities found in Office, and habits are hard to change.
Google is trying to make Chromebooks more palatable by letting them run Android apps designed for phones and tablets. It's testing this capability on a handful of Chromebook models, including the new ones from Samsung. That makes it possible to install Office, Adobe Photoshop and many apps on a Chromebook, though these tablet versions have limited features compared with versions for Macs or Windows laptops.
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Obamacare Opponent Sworn In as US Health Secretary
U.S. President Donald Trump’s selection for health secretary was officially sworn in Friday at the White House by Vice President Mike Pence.
The oath of office was administered hours after the U.S. Senate voted 52 - 47 to approve Republican Representative Tom Price as the new chief of the massive Health and Human Services Department in a late session that ended Friday morning.
WATCH : Swearing-in ceremony
Price, a veteran House member from the state of Georgia and an orthopedic surgeon, is an opponent of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, said Price "knows more about health care policy than just about anyone." McConnell said Price would help "bring stability to health care markets that Obamacare has harmed."
As the new HHS chief, Price, who is 62 years old, will lead the campaign to dismantle the health care law that allowed 20 million Americans to gain access to health insurance.
"The American people deserve a secretary of health and human services who will help more Americans receive quality, affordable health insurance coverage, not one who supports stripping it away by repealing the Affordable Care Act without a replacement," said Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts.
Republicans say they want to replace Obamacare, but have not agreed on a replacement.
Tough confirmation questions
Price - the latest nominee by President Donald Trump to be confirmed to his Cabinet - faced some tough questions about whether as head of the House Budget Committee, he used his position to benefit his stock trades. Some observers said, however, overwhelming evidence exonerated Price of unethical behavior.
In addition to Price, the Senate has confirmed Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, James Mattis as defense secretary, Jeff Sessions as attorney general, John Kelly as homeland security secretary, Elaine Chao as transportation secretary; and Betsy DeVos as education secretary.
The next vote will be on Steven Mnuchin in his bid to become treasury secretary.
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Fight in South Africa parliament during Zuma address
Punches are thrown as some South African MPs disrupt President Zuma's State of the Nation address.
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Wizara ya Afya Zanzibar Yaanzisha Kampeni ya Huduma ya Uzazi wa Mpango.
Mkurugenzi Kinga na Elimu ya Afya Zanzibar Dkt. Fadhil Mohammed Abdalla akizungumza na wandishi wa Habari kuhusu kampeni ya wiki moja ya kuhamasisha utumiaji wa huduma za uzazi wa mpango itakayoanza kesho tarehe 11 Kivunge Mkoa Kaskazini “A” Unguja, (kushoto) Afisa muhamasishaji kitengo shirikishi Afya ya Uzazi na Mtoto Wizara ya Afya Zanzibar Kasim Issa Kirobo. Wandishi wa Habari kutoka vyombo tofauti wakisikiliza tarifa juu ya kampeni ya wiki moja ya kuhamasisha utumiaji wa huduma za uzazi wa mpango zitakayoanza kesho tarehe 11 Kivunge Mkoa Kaskazini “A” Unguja.Mwandishi wa habari Maryam Ame Chum kutoka ZBC TV akiuliza swali kwa Mkurugenzi kinga na elimu ya Afya Zanzibar Dkt. Fadhil (hayupo pichani) kuhusu dawa za uzazi wa mpango na athari zake katika Mkutano uliofanyika Wizara ya Afya Zanzibar.Picha na Makame Mshenga.
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RAIS DKT. MAGUFULI AHUTUBIA KATIKA SHEREHE ZA MWAKA MPYA KWA MABALOZI (NEW DIPLOMATIC SHERRY PARTY) IKULU JIJINI DAR ES SALAAM
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Dkt. John Pombe Magufuli akihutubia Mabalozi mbalimbali wanaoziwakilisha nchi zao hapa nchini katika Sherehe za Mwaka mpya kwa Mabalozi(New Diplomatic Sherry Party) Ikulu jijini Dar es Salaam.Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Dkt. John Pombe Magufuli akihutubia Mabalozi mbalimbali wanaoziwakilisha nchi zao hapa nchini katika Sherehe za Mwaka mpya kwa Mabalozi(New Diplomatic Sherry Party) Ikulu jijini Dar es Salaam.Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Dkt. John Pombe Magufuli akiwa na Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki Balozi Augustine Mahiga katika picha ya pamoja na Mabalozi mbalimbali wanaowakilisha nchi zao hapa nchini mara baada ya kuwahutubia katika Sherehe za Mwaka mpya kwa Mabalozi(New Diplomatic Sherry Party) Ikulu jijini Dar es Salaam. PICHA NA IKULU
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Maonesho ya Tamasha la Sauti la Busara Mambo Club Ngome Kongwe Zanzibar
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Opinion: My Europe - where does it end?
Europe is a place where things work. At least, that's what people in the Balkans have long thought. It is looking less the case now, says Krsto Lazarevic.
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US, Chinese aircraft in 'unsafe' encounter over South China Sea
China's Defense Ministry has told state media that the US should eliminate "the root causes of accidental incidents." A US defense official said aircraft came within 300 meters of each other over the strategic sea.
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Turbulent times for Nigeria's aviation industry
Nigeria is to close its airport in Abuja for urgent repairs to the runway. This will further exacerbate financial losses in the aviation industry which has just seen the biggest carrier Arik Air taken over by government.
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